Description: This woman wears a blue vest and prefers green and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Vaina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Vaina reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is physically well-built. Her bronze crest is greasy and uncared for. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Carter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She tends to her Carter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 7000 gp. Red spinel (120 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available he will default to his greatsword. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alexandre is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a hunchback. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Slave, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Jasper (60 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Jet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her childhood dream was to be a Jeweler, but she was a colossal failure. She has worked as a Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished shortbow as well. He wears his red crest down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Pijjirik is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Pijjirik enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Hematite (15 gp).